The Albertinen-Hospital is Universität Hamburg’s academic teaching hospital and, with 696 beds, Hamburg’s largest non-profit hospital. Every year, around 66,000 in- and outpatients are treated here. The hospital specializes in cardiovascular medicine including cardiology, heart surgery, vascular and endovascular surgery. Departments for the percutaneous treatment of valvular heart diseases, the treatment of cardiac insufficiency and for electrophysiology complete the range of medical care on offer. The hospital also boasts high levels of expertise in the treatment of patients with abdominal tumours, interdisciplinary care being provided among other things in a bowel centre by internal medicine specialists, visceral surgeons, many other disciplines and an in-house oncology practice. Specialist areas in gynaecology are oncology (including breast centre) and the treatment of myomas and endometriosis. In the field of orthopaedics, the hospital specializes in joint replacement surgery, including replacement of existing prostheses and spinal surgery.

Clinics and special departments

Cardiovascular centre

Cardiology clinic

Department for cardiac insufficiency and device therapy

Electrophysiology department

Heart surgery clinic

Department for the percutaneous treatment of valvular heart disease

Cardiac anaesthesia department

Vascular and endovascular surgery clinic

Internal medicine clinic

General, visceral and tumour surgery clinic

Gynaecology and obstetrics clinic

Orthopaedic, trauma surgery and spinal surgery clinic

Neurology and early neurological rehabilitation clinic

Urology and uro-oncology clinic

Interdisciplinary centres of excellence

Bowel centre

Breast centre

Endometriosis centre

Myoma centre

Testicle centre

Geriatric traumatology centre

MIS clinic

Other matters

The specialist departments and centres are supported by efficient diagnostic radiology as well as by interdisciplinary and cutting edge anaesthesia and intensive care.

The specialist departments offer individual medical check-ups.

Cardiovascular care

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

Complete arterial bypass surgery without use of heart-lung machine

Surgical reconstruction of heart valves

Aortic aneurysm surgery

Valve replacement without surgery

Valve repair without surgery

Closure of shunt defects such as atrial and ventricular septal and closure of left atrial appendix without surgery

Treatment of cardiac insufficiency (including device therapy)

Treatment of cardiac arrhythmia (including EP test)

Expertise in cardiology and sports medicine (including in professional football)